The Omelos was the original Dilgar cruiser. While the vessel was capable of great speeds, its relatively light armament ran counter to Dilgar methodology of the time and its speed was normally restricted to that of the slower assault ships which it commonly accompanied. Lacking a specialized role was seen by some as making the Omelos redundant. Others countered with the suggestion that the Dilgarís original enemies may in fact have been small, isolated worlds, whose native races possessed only limited space travel capabilities (these races presumably being now extinct, victims of the Dilgarís relentless xenocide). Such a suggestion would make sense and if indeed this was the Omelosí original role it would explain the classís renewed usefulness during the Dilgar War.